Bhairab Upazila

Bhairab Bazar
ভৈরববাজার
Upazila
Bhairab Bazar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°3′N 90°59.3′E / 24.050°N 90.9883°E / 24.050; 90.9883Coordinates: 24°3′N 90°59.3′E / 24.050°N 90.9883°E / 24.050; 90.9883
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Kishoreganj District
Government
 • Municipality Mayor Advocate Fokhrul Alam Akkas
Area
 • Total 139.32 km2 (53.79 sq mi)
Population (2011 )
 • Total 298.309
 • Density 1,381/km2 (3,580/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Bhairab Bazar 2350
Website Official Map of Bhairab

Bhairab (Bengali: ভৈরব) is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Bhairab is located at 24°03′00″N 90°59′15″E / 24.0500°N 90.9875°E / 24.0500; 90.9875 . It has 34,419 households and total area is 139.32 km². Bhairab is situated beside the rivers of Meghna and Brahmaputra. Bhairab Bazar (town) is notable for the Bhairab railway station and the railway bridge, Bhairab bridge that goes over the river of Meghna.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhairab has a population of 192,448. Males constitute 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 95,910. Bhairab has an average literacy rate of 25.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]

Education

There are five colleges in the upazila.They include three honors level ones: Government Zillur Rahman Mohila College, Hazi Asmat College, founded in 1947, and Rafiqul Islam Girls' College (1987), Shahidullah Kaiser College (2010).[1]

There are only one Govt. School and College is Bhairab Technical School and College(1965) [3] To produce skilled Manpower for contribution on development of national production the then Government in 1965 established 51 Vocational Training Institutes in whole country. With the modernization and reorganization of Vocational education system SSC (Vocational) and HSC (Vocational) program was started in 1995. To ensure the social acceptance and dignity of Vocational graduates the Institute is renamed as Bhairab Technical School and College by a gazette notification from Ministry of Education, Bangladesh. There are 64 Government Educational Institutes of this category which are introducing the Vocational Education in HSC level and Bhairab Technical School and College is only the institute in the district which is offering SSC (Vocational) and HSC (Vocational) course with well equipped laboratories, multimedia classroom facilities and highly qualified and experienced teachers.Now a days this institute also started Diploma Course(offering two Department Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering).

According to Banglapedia, Bhairab K. B. Pilot Model High School, founded in 1919, Bangladesh Railway High School (1954), Shahidullah Kaiser High School, Banshgari (2014), Saint Kayzer Education Home, Banshgari (2014), Kamalpur Hazi Zahir Uddin High School, Sreenagar High School (1961), Bhairab M. P. Pilot Girls' High School (1962), and Kalika Prasad High School (1964), Shimul Kandi High School (1970) are notable secondary schools.[1]

The madrasa education system includes one fazil madrasa.[4]

Notable residents

  • Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (2009-2013), was born in Bhairab in 1929.[5]

Villages

  • Chagaia

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sharif Ahmed (2012), "Bhairab Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal, Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ↑ http://www.bhairabtsc.gov.bd/welcome-of-bhairab-tsc
  4. ↑ "List of Fazil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ "A career politician in Bangabhaban, after a long time". bdnews24.com. 20 March 2013.


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